le capitan's environments, characters, oh my updated!

[le capitan]

Thought I'd start up a sketchbook and coerce myself into posting daily.

First a bit about me:
My name's Levi Gilbert and I'm currently a student at MATC, majoring in animation with more of an emphasis in illustration and concept art. My main goal is to be hired as a concept artist by the end of next year.

You can check out my art blog at http://bluefiasco.blogspot.com

Thanks for viewing and don't be shy; leave some feedback.

[le capitan]

These are environment concepts that I'm still working on, done mostly in photoshop:

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and some anatomy studies:

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Have a great friday everybody!

[le capitan]

Went to the zoo today and did some quick sketches. These are ballpoint pen.

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And trying to do something a bit more clean.

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[Icedearth15876]

Good works but the painting needs some work kinda scratchy.

[le capitan]

Some speed sketches from last night:

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[cbonura]

le capitan - your second environment thumbnail is off to a great start. I like the color palette allot. Looking froward to seeing it further along. Good stuff-

[le capitan]

Icedearth15876: thanks for the feedback. Yeh, i'm still cleaning them up.
cbonura: Thank you! yeh I love environment painting. Something i've just started getting into more in the last month.

Some quick poses from reference:

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Thanks for the views!

[Oranje Joe]

you definitely have an eye for gesture~!

and you environments are very stylized, im not seeing much real world observation in them, thats not necessarily a bad thing, but i always find that its nice to have something real to connect to

[le capitan]

Oranje Joe: Thanks for the feedback. I think i'm going to end up adding some people to get a better sense of scale. They still need a lot of work :D

Bridgeman studies:

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[le capitan]

Some stuff from figure drawing class. I apologize for the shitty scans. The drawings are a tad too big for my scanner at home.

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[cae]

What were the times on these? You've got some very nice lines going on - getting some nice overlaps showing form etc, and it's clear you've got a relatively accurate eye, but there's a lot of white space going on that makes the drawings feel a little timid. There's so much more that you could be describing on the inside of the figure, in line or tone, that I think would make them pop a bit more.

[Iddi]

Your anatomy studies are really nice, try taking it a step further and render them more fully :)

Keep up the good work :D

[le capitan]

cae: Most of them are around 15 - 20 minutes. My figure drawing instructor doesn't want us doing shading yet because we're going to scan them and shade them in photoshop. The longest time we'll have a pose is 40 minutes. Usually it's less though. I need to get faster :D

Iddi: Thanks, yeh i definitely need to do some finished work.

Update on one of the environments. Still needs more detail and need to make it a habit of using reference...

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[le capitan]

Went to the zoo again today. was pretty cold out.

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Also something out of my head and some figure studies:

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[le capitan]

some updatin' some scribblin'

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cheers!

[le capitan]

Just a minor update; been really busy with finals. Will be a lot more regular updating next week.

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[le capitan]

Alright! Bit of a dump. Just some of my favorite drawings from my figure drawing class. Most of these are around 10-20 minutes.

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[le capitan]

working on some vehicle concepts:

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[le capitan]

working on some concepts for futuristic sci-fi surgical tools:

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[le capitan]

Throwing up a progress shot on one of the environments before sleep.

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[Jaytea]

Nice work here. @u@ Those line drawings are amazing... with the contrast in line weight and all. I'm liking your vehicle concepts--some of those are pretty cool. This last digi is nice, heavy atmosphere.

[le capitan]

Shalite: thanks :D

Reorganized the tools by type and added a few more.

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[le capitan]

More work on the medical equipment concepts and a few quick photo studies:

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[Meon]

good stuff, love the amount of studies you do.

[le capitan]

Meon - Thank you. Yeah studies are good, but I need to do more personal work I think.

Some scribbling from last night and one from class:

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[le capitan]

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messing with alchemy's mirror:

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and some personal work and studies:

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[le capitan]

Been a while so a bit of a sketchbook dump. Mostly from imagination, but a few from observation:

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For some reason the attachment manager is failing me so I'll post the rest when it's working again.

cheers and thanks for viewing,

[le capitan]

A couple speed paintings i'm working on currently:

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[le capitan]

Hey all,

More environment paintings! Still cleaning these guys up. Also a couple thumbnails.

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[le capitan]

Update!

[le capitan]

a whole slew of works in progress:

Speedpainting:

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Pistol Concept:

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Sword Sillouettes:

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[Vatsel]

Hey man, you have great stuff in yer SB.

The landscape in #31 looks a bit flat (the grass area) and the way the mountain peaks out of there looks unnatural, I would expect some highlights in the water too.

Keep at it and show us more!
Welcome to the SSG :)

[danlambert]

Your line quality is awesome man, they're so confident and expressive! Plus your proportion seem to be pretty much spot on every time. Colour me jealous.
I know squat about environments so I cant be much help there, but I'm loving the whole layered shape thing you have going on with the non-organic elements.
Maybe try doing a fully rendered drawing or finish a painting? Would be cool to see what you can achieve

Welcome to the group man, I'll try to be more constructive next time

Peace
Dan

[le capitan]

Thanks for the feedback everybody!

Some updates on the swords and more works in progress. I'll polish up some of these speedpaints, but anyways!

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[tdHendrix]

Welcome to the SSG!! I like your stuff. The abstract style paintings and environment ones are really cool.

Is that back torso study of the muscles from Paul Richer? I'm working on drawing back muscles of the torso and it looks like the reference I'm using.

Have you seen the weapon design video that El Coro did? If not then I think you'd like it.

[le capitan]

Welcome to the SSG!! I like your stuff. The abstract style paintings and environment ones are really cool.

Is that back torso study of the muscles from Paul Richer? I'm working on drawing back muscles of the torso and it looks like the reference I'm using.

Have you seen the weapon design video that El Coro did? If not then I think you'd like it.

Thanks! I'm really trying to work on my speedpainting/environment work. Yeah it's the Paul Richer anatomy book. I forget then name, but its a red cover. Awesome stuff for anatomy. The weapon vid with the guns was pretty cool. Coro's pretty funny at times and definitely has some great tips. I should check that one out again, havent watched it in a while.

Speedpaint for tonight. Roughly 2 hours so far.

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[OmertA]

very cool sketchbook man
your thumbnail image cought my eye
I really like the atmosphere of your enviroments
keep it up
till next time -Jamie

[RBeek]

Hey man,
I like this last enviroment you did :)
You have a very strange but cool style :P Also when i look at ur other stuff :)
Keep it up! Lookin forward to the next upditty!

[le capitan]

OmertA: Thanks! I try to sneak random colors as i can into my paints.

rogerb: Thanks!

Quick sketch for tonight; gonna paint him up tomorrow:

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[LuckyDevil]

good stuff dude, my only crit would be that all your environment painting colors are pretty dull, you should add some lively color in a few of them nature is rich in colors! might just be a personal thing but i think it would make your enviros stand out more with some more contrast.

[le capitan]

LuckyDevil: Thanks for the feedback! Yeah it's definitely looking pretty green. I'm gonna try and pull a bunch of weird blueish shadows into the foreground and the right side of the painting.

Some sketches and some other stuff:

wip of the pilot guy:
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Side view of the pilot's vehicle:
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[danlambert]

Hello there, first of all those blue pencil sketches are beautiful!
With your pilot guy, I think his arms are looking a little long atm, and also his shoulders are unusually narrow. Actually, looking at it again I think his arms look long because of his narrow shoulders. The drapery looks great though, you really seem to have an understanding for how cloth behaves.
That first head sketch is great to, got some real character to him, and great lines!

Peace
Dan

[RBeek]

Hey there,

What Danlambert said is true :) But i think there is also a bit of a problem with the size of his head :) remember that a standard is 8 heads..
So get a look into that :)

Those sketches with the blue are really great :o
They look awsome tbh, and the way you made them fold is just great :)
The face with pen?.. is rly cool to!

I hope to see more cool stuff in ur next update man!
Good luck!

[le capitan]

danlambert: Thanks for the feedback! I widened out the pilot guy and tried to put somore definition in his shoulders.

rogerb: Thanks! I thought the heads were right, but i'll double check.

more shit:

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[RBeek]

Hey man Good update here!
I think it was mostly becuz hes so tall and thin, and with a helmet on..
Its like he has no neck or that his shoulders are rly high, but thats not possible cuz his hands end at a relaxed height.. I dont know if im very wrong, somehow it feels weird to me..
If you disagree then, no problem at all! :) I still think the design you made for the guy is rly cool.
Those flying machines you designed look rly awsome.. that rusty look is rly cool on the second one :)
I can only say,, More! :) Keep drawing! GOGOGO! :D

[danlambert]

That pilot gut is coming along great, although I agree with Roger about the high shoulders, it almost looks like he's shrugging but his arms are at a normal relaxed position. The vehicles design looks great, maybe introduce some more materials just to break up the shapes a bit more, will also allow for more textures.

Peace
Dan

[le capitan]

Thanks again for comments everybody. I'll check his shoulders again.

Little update:

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[tdHendrix]

I agree with what roger and dan said about the pilot guy. Another thing I noticed is the cloth in some places needs some work. If you look at his right forearm area, the jacket beneath the bracelet things is a perfect cylinder. The cloth would probably at least bunch up a little. The straps on his pelvic area looks like it's not that tight, especially the back view. Actually, I think most of the straps need to show the cloth raising up around it to look like they're strapped tighter. On the guy's right leg for the front view, I think since it's bent forward there would be a little bit of stretch folds coming from where the strap is. I could be wrong though, since I don't have reference or anything. It would be nice to see more with the boots, like some zigzag folds on them or something. A really awesome way to show how cloth is behaving is to add some clothing seams on the arms/legs, but I'm not sure if this outfit would have seams like that. I like the seam on the shoulder area.

[Ninjac]

Great speed paintings le capitan. Your texture and environment work is looking solid. The only suggestion I have is to maybe experiment with color saturation. It seems like you are using variation in the warms and cools but I think it could be pushed. Keep it up!!

[Muz]

I havent actually posted in here yet, which i really should :P.

Some really nice work mate , The digis are coming along pretty nicely and you seem to be on the right track with everything.

I suggest doing some photo reffed colour studies, as your colour schemes feel pretty dull.
There isn't enough subtle hue shift in it

[Giorge]

the poses look good , i feel you need to work some more on the technique and on the mood maybe

take care

[le capitan]

Muz: Thanks! Color studies are a good idea. I'll see if I can do a couple tonight.

Giorge: Thanks! I'll see if I can post some more figure work.

Just a quick post, will post more tomorrow:

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[danlambert]

Love that bearded dude in the bottom right, although you're getting a lot of character in all the faces. I think I said this before but you have a really sensitive line quality when you sketch in pencil, I like it! Would be cool to see more.

Peace
Dan

[Parsakoira]

Hey there! Good stuff here, its a wonder ive never seen you around here before! Im loving the environments, and the characters are coming along great too, just watch out for the proportions, some heads seem too small in comparison to the rest of the body. Take care!

[timo.]

i like your pencil sketches, i think you should train on paper first and from time to time doing digital.